BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs
in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who
questioned him after deadly ethnic violence in China's restive far west.
A friend said Thursday that Ilham Tohti called him early Wednesday and told
him he received formal notice that he would be detained. The friend, Huang
Zhangjin, said efforts to reach Tohti since have failed.
Tohti's disappearance comes just days after Xinjiang's China-installed
governor accused a Web site founded by the 39-year-old professor of stirring
up hostilities that led to the bloody riot Sunday in Urumqi, Xinjiang's
capital. At least 156 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Beijing police did not immediately respond to a faxed request for
confirmation. The economics department at Central Nationalities University
in Beijing where Tohti worked also could not confirm his whereabouts.
The Associated Press reached Tohti by telephone Monday and Tuesday, but he
declined comment because he was being questioned by officials, he said.
"I've got the formal notice, and this is probably the last time you will
hear my voice on the telephone,'" Huang quoted his friend as saying just
after midnight Wednesday. He added that the allegations against him were
false, Huang said.
"I didn't incite violence," Tohti told Huang. "Violence is not good for any
ethnic group."
Widely considered a moderate voice, Tohti had praised China's policies for
Xinjiang. His Web site, http://www.uighurbiz.net, became a lively forum for
many controversial issues about Chinese rule
In an interview with Radio Free Asia earlier this year, Tohti said the
biggest problem facing Uighurs was a lack of jobs, and he complained about
censors shutting down his Web site.
In a separate interview with French radio, he said Uighur detainees about
to be freed from Guantanamo should not return to China because they would
likely face harsh punishment despite being cleared of wrongdoing by U.S.
officials.
In a televised speech, Xinjiang governor Nur Bekri also blamed an exiled
Uighur activist in the United States and another popular Uighur-focused Web
site, Diyarim.com, for the violence.
BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs
in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who
questioned him after deadly ethnic violence in China's restive far west.
A friend said Thursday that Ilham Tohti called him early Wednesday and told
him he received formal notice that he would be detained. The friend, Huang
Zhangjin, said efforts to reach Tohti since have failed.
Tohti's disappearance comes just days after Xinjiang's China-installed
governor accused a Web site founded by the 39-year-old professor of stirring
up hostilities that led to the bloody riot Sunday in Urumqi, Xinjiang's
capital. At least 156 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Beijing police did not immediately respond to a faxed request for
confirmation. The economics department at Central Nationalities University
in Beijing where Tohti worked also could not confirm his whereabouts.
The Associated Press reached Tohti by telephone Monday and Tuesday, but he
declined comment because he was being questioned by officials, he said.
"I've got the formal notice, and this is probably the last time you will
hear my voice on the telephone,'" Huang quoted his friend as saying just
after midnight Wednesday. He added that the allegations against him were
false, Huang said.
"I didn't incite violence," Tohti told Huang. "Violence is not good for any
ethnic group."
Widely considered a moderate voice, Tohti had praised China's policies for
Xinjiang. His Web site, http://www.uighurbiz.net, became a lively forum for
many controversial issues about Chinese rule
In an interview with Radio Free Asia earlier this year, Tohti said the
biggest problem facing Uighurs was a lack of jobs, and he complained about
censors shutting down his Web site.
In a separate interview with French radio, he said Uighur detainees about
to be freed from Guantanamo should not return to China because they would
likely face harsh punishment despite being cleared of wrongdoing by U.S.
officials.
In a televised speech, Xinjiang governor Nur Bekri also blamed an exiled
Uighur activist in the United States and another popular Uighur-focused Web
site, Diyarim.com, for the violence.
BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs
in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who
questioned him after deadly ethnic violence in China's restive far west.
A friend said Thursday that Ilham Tohti called him early Wednesday and told
him he received formal notice that he would be detained. The friend, Huang
Zhangjin, said efforts to reach Tohti since have failed.
Tohti's disappearance comes just days after Xinjiang's China-installed
governor accused a Web site founded by the 39-year-old professor of stirring
up hostilities that led to the bloody riot Sunday in Urumqi, Xinjiang's
capital. At least 156 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Beijing police did not immediately respond to a faxed request for
confirmation. The economics department at Central Nationalities University
in Beijing where Tohti worked also could not confirm his whereabouts.
The Associated Press reached Tohti by telephone Monday and Tuesday, but he
declined comment because he was being questioned by officials, he said.
"I've got the formal notice, and this is probably the last time you will
hear my voice on the telephone,'" Huang quoted his friend as saying just
after midnight Wednesday. He added that the allegations against him were
false, Huang said.
"I didn't incite violence," Tohti told Huang. "Violence is not good for any
ethnic group."
Widely considered a moderate voice, Tohti had praised China's policies for
Xinjiang. His Web site, http://www.uighurbiz.net, became a lively forum for
many controversial issues about Chinese rule
In an interview with Radio Free Asia earlier this year, Tohti said the
biggest problem facing Uighurs was a lack of jobs, and he complained about
censors shutting down his Web site.
In a separate interview with French radio, he said Uighur detainees about
to be freed from Guantanamo should not return to China because they would
likely face harsh punishment despite being cleared of wrongdoing by U.S.
officials.
In a televised speech, Xinjiang governor Nur Bekri also blamed an exiled
Uighur activist in the United States and another popular Uighur-focused Web
site, Diyarim.com, for the violence.
【 在 bdzs (bdzs) 的大作中提到: 】
: 美联社最新消息：维族中央民族大学经济系教授Ilham Tohti，维吾尔在线www.
: uighurbiz.net创办人被正式拘留。
: By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer
: BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs
: in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who
: ...................
【 在 bdzs (bdzs) 的大作中提到: 】
: 美联社最新消息：维族中央民族大学经济系教授Ilham Tohti，维吾尔在线www.
: uighurbiz.net创办人被正式拘留。
: By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer
: BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs
: in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who
: ...................
【 在 bdzs (bdzs) 的大作中提到: 】
: 美联社最新消息：维族中央民族大学经济系教授Ilham Tohti，维吾尔在线www.
: uighurbiz.net创办人被正式拘留。
: By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer
: BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs
: in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who
: ...................
党妈在把所有人推向自己的对立面这一点上真是不遗余力啊
【 在 bdzs (bdzs) 的大作中提到: 】
: 美联社最新消息：维族中央民族大学经济系教授Ilham Tohti，维吾尔在线www.
: uighurbiz.net创办人被正式拘留。
: By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer
: BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs
: in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who
: ...................